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It may not be a fair democracy, but it's better than just five men ruling over everybody. These rulers tried to control the mind of their people so that they wouldn't try to rebel. And by the way, only 10% of Spartans were citizens.

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Well, you Spartans killed all of your people. A baby that was born sick was taken to the mountainside and left to die.

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Yes, I agree.

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Want to continue this.

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In the article, the author says that the only people allowed to contribute to the democracy had to be a citizen. Therefore 80% of your people could not contribute. Is that even a democracy?!?

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Males in Spata were sent off to live in army schools for thirteen years, and had to serve in the army until they were thirty, then they were finally able to get married. But they couldn't retire until they were 60 years old! That's 40 years of work, and constant physical training.

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You're right, most people in Athens could become something other than warriors, deceased corpses. Athens was an incredibly small city where people were never less than 10'feet from one another. Diseases like Malaria spread like butter.

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Your women were only treated a tad bit better than slaves.

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You said that your free time consisted of taking over Athens, but if that was your whole purpose in life, what would bet point of living? How would it feel to constantly try to outdo someone else, you wouldn't have any sense of individuality. At least in Athens people were allowed to become things besides warriors.

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Education in Athens was only for the rich

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Athens had prostitution, brothels. Sparta banned all these distractions so they could focus on getting swole.

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It says in the article that the slaves outnumbered the everyday Spartans.

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We didn't need luxurious things, our free time consisted of taking over Athens.

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The Spartans weren't allowed to have any kind of luxury. Their whole purpose in life was to become a warrior

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The peloponesian league (Sparta) destroyed Athens and conquered many places such as Ionia

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The only purpose of women in Sparta was to prepare their sons to be warriors. They had little to no participation in government either.

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80% of Athens population event even citizens.

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Women couldn't participate in government at all

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Except women...

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Although Athens did focus on education, they also stressed physical fitness. The article says, "Their goal was 'a sound mind in a healthy body.'"

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Women were free

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Athens was based on education, Sparta was built on the basis that warriors must be super muscular and be able to pick on the nerds of Athens

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Sparta was an oligarchy, only ruled by a few people, whereas, Athens was a direct democracy and the people had a say in their governing.

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Our city was spread across 4,000 square miles.

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Athens had flourishing trade.

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Sparta had the largest military, no Spartan Warriors were chose to be warriors because of their fighting prowess. Unlike in Athens where even the puny people were considered "warriors"

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Athens is democratic

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Athens was small and weak compared to Sparta.